Garment pocket construction



Sept. 20, 1932.

2 Sheets-Sheet .Invenlor /7 a/72 A llorney Sept. 20, 1932. I RElTZ 1,878,324

' GARMENT POCKET CONSTRUCTION I Filed April 21, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Invenlor ffidjia/fz A llomey Patented S ept.

, HAROLD HQREITZ, or an? iron,

Application filed. April 21,

This invention relates to. an improved pocketconstruction which is susceptible of application to variousspecies and types o-f V garments and wearing apparel butwhich is expressly designed for use in connectionwlthi work; dress and negligee shirts of the kind generally designed for masculineweaj-n The aim of-this invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive patch pocket which '10 is fashioned to provide an internal article guard which is particularly advantageous for co-operation. with. a watch, the a rrangement being such as to prevent the-watch from, dropping outof' the open topof the pocket as would ordinarily bethe case n" the event that the wearer .was leaning over or in su'ch a position as to dispose th'emouth portion of the pocket in a downward direction.

In carrying the invention into practice-I have evolved and produced a simpleandinexpensive arrangement which is formed from a single blank of material shaped and other wiseconstructed to provide a practical arrangement for guardingagainst accidental displacement of the watch and at the same, time, permitting the user to reach the'hand in the pocket and remove the'latch therefrom for convenientusage. In the drawings:

Figure lis aQfront view showinga fragm'entaryfportion of the shirting or body of the shirt with the patch pockets attached thereto, with .a portion of the pocket broken 5 away to disclose the interior. j w i Figure 2 is a central vertical'sectional view with the pocket construction represented. in Figure 1. 1 Figure 3. i'saplanview of the especially,

designed blank from which the pocket is constructed. p p

Figure 4 is a plan view of a-cloth stiffener for use and association with the folded edge or mouth portionof the pocket. Referring first to Figure 3, it will'be ob served that the blank from which the pocket is constructed is generally designated by; the V numeral 5. This is of appropriate texture of fabric and is patterned to form what is;

- a'zcurvate;

produced I a simple and economical pocket e39 saw. was

shirts.

-;n mana e aaouta wii-i areas: an an inner wall-portion I what in the nature of a: flap.:'The numeral 8 designates the stiffener or patch whicliis of general rectangular design ,and stitchedv to the inter'mediate portion of- -the sections Band 7' so as to bridge the fold line 9. j This is reinforcing:and edge-forming pun poses; v e.- g 7 The -i'iurneral 1 0 designates a reinforced eyelet whlich constitutes a guide j i and re- The 'low er endportion of the section? 7 forming. a sort of a yoke.

inwardlyon the. line 9" and these spaced por the latter being' some ractlce, the flap section I tainer ior thelwatch chain, strap or other flexible element used for holding the-Watch.

"d ge' 11 and reduced extensionlfl" tion's fi and 7 are stitched around the m-ar-= ginal edges so as to form. a pocket on the body 1-3 of the shirt. The reinforcing patch 8; occupies the folded 1 state represented in 'Figurez 2*in the complete, pocket. disposes theape'rture 10- within the interior of v thep'ocket. "-Itjris ObViOUS that byanchorin'g j I one end "of the watchchain to p the Buttonhole in the shirt,f and passingsaid ichain' down"- ward-1y througlithe opening 10 and locatin what in the mariner seen'inFigure 2.

. l "it betweenjthe inner Land' outer"wa;lls 7fan&d )6 r-y rsst ve y 1 1.16 watc y i-v'theni be "snapp'elil onto the fastenerlof thechain and allowed to slip down into the pocket fsome- With this arrangement, in theevent that the wearer should stoopover or .occupysuch 1 v a position as to dispose the mouth of5the 1 pocket downwardlyythe watch. instead of; I

slipping out of thepocket, will slip into the .90 guard or supplemental pocket defined between the walls 6 and 7, Thus wehave a I I guard pocket .within' anain pocket, and the guard pocket is such that the thereof facilitates removal 0 a the watch through the usual'fmouth portion ofthe pocket for convenient iusage.

It is 'obvious that I have evolved and yoke portion V able to obtain a clear understandingjctthe" i 1 5 amore lengthy descriptidn is regard asu i andwhichis superior to the custdmary't pe of Watch pocket which generallyembo ies separate cover flap,and the button and butto-nhole arrangement. r "I a 5 Particularlyis a watchpocket of this design adapted for use in connection with Work shirts{of v woi'kmen mplbying -watches con- 3 stantlylliandjlecating the watches inlthd-shiijt pocket, for convenientuse. I 10 His tho-ughtthatpersons skilled in' fi? art to which the inVentiOn reI-ates will be' invention afteI' ccnsideringthe desci jptibn" =--"-w -2 in connection Wlth the drawings;. r' lheretp je,

necessary. .i

a Minor changes in shape, size, and.;rearrangementof .deta iIscOming. within the field 1 r of invention claimedmaybe resorted totin ,20 actual praeticei frdesiredh it a, i i

1 vide a poc'ket and'aniinnen patchhaving its 9' thereintefper mit an article in the Ocket to \IfI claimlrt we V; :In combinationwith agarment,- a patch having itsz'bottom and side; edgesseWn, to thefgarment witheitsetopfedge free to .proa sides and top connected with the, sides and topeofthe firstpatchfwith its bottomfree of, the first patch andthe garment,the-bots 1 tom of: the second) patch having :a recess c111? enter the space between thel'tw'o patc esI-When v e theweareroiathegarment bends over-the upper portionofthejnnerl patch having-an opening therein gfer rec'eiving awatchg chain. a

2. In combinatiomwith a garment, a piece 7 of material folded intermediate its ends to 1-.

provide-an inner patchand an outer patch connected,together-at their. upperends by a I thefbld 1ine',-the;side edges and loweredges 40 of the-outerpatch being sewn to the garment I F u a 7' andtheihnerfipatch: having lowelvdepending "petitions/at. its-outer edges sewn t czthegai'r we mentand the: sideledg'es of the inner-patch being. sewn' to the garment With:.. the.;-intermediate lower. edge :POIfiOIlFOf said patch free of said Vig-arment. e a In testimony whereof "I'affixm signature. 13 JHAROLD -H; .REITZ. Y 

